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Calm Ocean by Orvaratli

Calm Ocean by Orvaratli

Sunday, 22nd February 2009

Calm Ocean
by Orvaratli
The freezing cold during the last couple of weeks has frozen all lakes and ponds and often covers them with snow as well. The ocean is the only thing offering reflections now.
After driving around in the moonlight night shooting some Aurora, I last visited Straumur YET again. It never fails to deliver, there is always a different angle or light each time.
My canon EOS 30D camera settings:
Aperture: f4.5
Shutter speed: 10 sec
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm @ 15mm
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Calm Ocean by Orvaratli was Photo of the Day on Sunday, February 22nd, 2009. It is tagged Aurora, Night, Stars. You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.

35 Comments

  1. Erin Says:

    What a beautiful shot!

  2. James and Kelly Stone Says:

    Beautiful image. An amazing scene I wish to see live someday! Great job and congratulations!

  3. Alan Says:

    Just one word ? Stunning.

  4. Alan Says:

    Turn the Aurora 180 degrees and you have a figure in a hooded robe.

  5. istvan istvan Says:

    Spectacular light and reflection, the aurora looks great!

  6. Maher Says:

    This is UNreal…… my god..!!
    thanks for sharing..
    i wish i can see this live.. soon..!!

  7. Su Su Says:

    Stunning shot, the reflection and the house make it all the more eerie. congrats

  8. Mandy Kilpatrick Mandy Kilpatrick Says:

    This is a very beautiful photo. I love the composition and colors. The way the aurora dwarfs the house really shows the size of everything in the photo related to each other. Sometimes we can see the Aurora in the distance beyond mountains. There is a magical quality to it captured well in this photo. Congrats on your POTD!!

  9. Anne Murray Says:

    Amazing!

  10. Philip van Niekerk Says:

    Amazing Planet we live on!!!

  11. Teresa Teresa Says:

    This is a stunning image! This proves that photographing can be a real fantastic experience, a new way of enjoying life.
    Thank you for sharing!

  12. Pauline Jones Pauline Jones Says:

    This is an awesome picture, fantastic colors; thanks for sharing.

  13. omar franco omar franco Says:

    just amazing, not anyone can achieve this shoot, continue shoting with this pro quality technique.

  14. Wanda Krack Wanda Krack Says:

    WONDERFUL SHOT!!

  15. Derek Dobbie Says:

    This is stunning. One day I will get the chance to photograph this specticle. Well done indeed.

  16. planet lover Says:

    This must be Iceland, right? Fantastic picture! I can also see stars…wow!

  17. Austin Toohey Says:

    This is an incredible shot, great timing and placement. Great Shot!

  18. Victoria Says:

    Having seen them once up close and personal, photographs of the lights never cease to amaze me. I particularly like how the terminal points of the lights, though different, seem to shar the same point of origin… as if they could slide under the rocks… wonderful, thanks for sharing

  19. Sue Says:

    AWESOME! But where was this taken? I want to go there :-) Thank you for this amazing photo…

  20. Dennis Says:

    Beautifully executed image!

  21. Marie Dunphy Harding Says:

    Stunning photo! Are these houses occupied?

  22. Anne Says:

    Our wonderful and awesome Creator revealed his glory once again! Great photography!

  23. k. libby k. libby Says:

    Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous! Mother Nature is awesome and you captured her display beautifully!

  24. Katherine Lee Strassburg Says:

    Absolutely breathtaking. You are so lucky to be able to see and photograph the aurora borealis so often. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!

  25. Anurag Anurag Says:

    What a sense of distances dimensions and layers. Stars at infinity the aurora in the inosphere the clouds in the atmosphere, the terrestrial hut and then the water.

  26. Malta Photography Malta Photography Says:

    very good shot very good angle and the lighting is just perfect.

  27. Sue Gagnon Says:

    SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH!!!

  28. Madeleine Calaido Weber Madeleine Calaido Weber Says:

    stunning… i am speechless. cheers Madeleine

  29. Joel Schenk Says:

    Great cold weather image….well done.

  30. Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Pieter -sAner- van der Horst Says:

    This is a great picture!

  31. KJ Says:

    Absolutely stunning

  32. mike mike Says:

    I love that sky. Don’t see that over here.

  33. renee renee Says:

    simply beautiful! :)

  34. Rajib Singha Says:

    Amazing shot!

  35. Su Su Says:

    I want to see this for myself another thing on the bucket list.

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